Real-Time Adjustment of Packet Size Limit in Virtual Networks

1. A method comprising: establishing a first packet size limit, wherein the first packet size limit governs the maximum permitted size of packets that are allowed to be transmitted between a first node and a second node of a network; monitoring, at a first time, a buffer of the second node in the network; determining, based on the monitoring, that the buffer of the second node is filled above an upper capacity threshold; and increasing, based on the determining, the first packet size limit, resulting in a second packet size limit.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: establishing a third packet size limit, wherein the first packet size limit governs the maximum permitted size of packets that are transmitted between the second node and a third node of the network and wherein the third packet size limit is smaller than the second packet size limit; monitoring, at the first time, the buffer of the third node in the network; determining, based on the monitoring, that the buffer of the third node is filled below a lower-capacity threshold; and decreasing, based on the determination that the buffer of the third node is filled below a lower-capacity threshold, the third packet size limit, resulting in a fourth packet size limit.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: monitoring, at a second time, the buffer of the second node, wherein the second time is after the first time; determining, based on the monitoring at the second time, that the buffer of the second node is still filled above the upper capacity threshold; and increasing, based on the determination that the buffer of the second node is still filled above the upper capacity threshold, the second packet size limit, resulting in a fifth packet size limit.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: adding, at the first node and after the increasing, a first set of data to a first data packet; identifying, after the adding, that the first data packet is below the second packet size limit; bundling, based on the identifying, a second set of data to the first data packet; receiving, after the bundling, a notification that a first jitter timer has expired; and transmitting, based on the receiving, the first data packet to the second node; wherein the first data packet is below the second packet size limit at the time of the transmitting.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: establishing a first acceptable jitter value, wherein the first acceptable jitter value describes a tolerance to gaps between communications that are delivered to the second node; and establishing, based on the acceptable jitter value, a second jitter timer, wherein the second jitter timer governs the maximum amount of time between transmission from the first node to the second node.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: monitoring, at a third time, the buffer of the first node; determining, based on the monitoring at the third time, that the buffer of the first node is filled below a lower capacity threshold; and decreasing, based on the determination that the buffer of the first node is filled below a lower capacity threshold, the second packet size limit, resulting in a sixth packet size limit.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the sixth packet size limit is greater than the first packet size limit.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring comprises determining whether the depth of unprocessed tuples in the node's buffer is above a threshold.